KAFKA’S WORLD and the Trial of Mehmet O.
KAFKA’S WORLD and the Trial of Mehmet O.

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Studies in violence and power, Penal Policy
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: Mehmet Orgen; criminal justice in Turkey;
Summary/Abstract: Turkey has a tradition of rough and ready criminal justice. Judges virtually never reject an indictment, including many unconvincing ones launched by overzealous prosecutors. With a population smaller than Germany, Turkey had five times more criminal cases in 2010. Germany has 24 judges per 100,000 inhabitants; Turkey only 11. The workload for every Turkish judge is thus more than ten times that of a judge in Germany. One can see the results in any ordinary criminal court across the country, where a judge hears up to 20 cases a day. || … || All of this means that any person caught up in a political trial in Turkey enters the world of Kafka’s novel. This is what happened to Mehmet Orgen, a captain (albay) in the Turkish navy.

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